1-2 Kaisar Tiberius be akarijo titive no munijo Roma rai ama tume abusyinara eane radani, umba Amisye po raura Zakaria apa kavo Yohanes Pembaptis ai no nugo vabukane vono maninimbe. Arono naije, Pontius Pilatus be gubernurive no munijo Yudea, muno Herodes be akarive no munijo Galilea, muno Herodes apa arakovo Pilipus be akarive no munijo Iturea muno munijo Trakonitis, muno Lisanias be akarive no Abilene. Muno Hanasa pe Kayapasa pe ibe syeno titive vatano Yahudi mansai. 3 Arono naije Yohanes Pembaptis siso no mana Yordan ama varodore rai tenambe. Po ayao Amisye raura pare, “Wasakinav irati wapa ayao kakaije rai muno wade ramu syo wasaugasyo kuvuni mana rai indamu Amisye po wapa ayao kakaije rapaya wasai.” 4 Maisyare muno anawae Yesaya po ratoe no apa bukuge rai wemaisy pare:
7 Vatane wanui ude Yohanes ai, ubeker indamu po maugasyo kuvuni mana rai. Weramu po raura mai pare, “Weapamo vatano mamun maisyare tawae mamunoe! Wabeanimaibe wade no so? Wapo rakarae wapare syo wasaugasya kuvuni mana rai, wea indati wanajivo Amisye apa pari mangke makare akatoe rai. Weramu wapa ana wapo ratantona mamaisye ramu. 8 Syare wasakinavo wapa ayao kakaije rai rati, umba ana ngkove obo mi wapo rarijat, wea umba mamaisy. Weramu vemo wasararin wapare, ‘Abraham opamo wama anena pije, ti munije ama akari indati Amisye po mangke raugaje wansai jewen,’ wemai nora! Syo raura wasai: Amisye pamo bambunin po orame wato ranigwan ube vatanbe ti Abraham apa ajavi waino mai, yara Po wasatugaro marambe. 9 Apa mangke po ratayao vatane mai mamo mararai kobe to. Omamo raurata irati Apa tama mawes, pare Po inyoe rate no ama ruke rai. Weti inyowo rui mirati mo mano kove rauguje ramu, weamo tama veano rate ti ramaugasyo taname rai.”
10 Umba vatane wo Yohanes anajo ware, “Weti animaisye mirati nyare reamo rave?”
11 Yohanes Pembaptis po raura akananto mai pare, “Are pirati apave ansune jiruma rai, weamo po inta raunanto vatano apa ansune meweno aije inta ai. Are pirati apave anaisye inta rai, weamo po inta raunanto vatano apa anaisye meweno aije inta ai tavon.”
12 Umba vatano wo pajak ranugande pemerinta aije inta ude no Yohanes Pembaptisa nui indamu po maugasyo kuvuni mana rai. Umba wo anajo ware, “Injayo Kurune, animaisye mirati nyare reamo rave?”
13 Umba Yohanes po raura akananto mai pare, “Wapo doije ranugande pemerinta ai mamaisyo po rapatimuge obo rai. Yara vemo taune wapo nake inta raijanande tavon, nseo mo rapatimu to rakivan nora.”
14 Umba naite inta ude wo anajo ware, “Maisyare omai ti, reamamo animaisye mirati reamo rave?”
15 Naije vatano wanuije umaso wo ratantona no manuga ware, “Yohanes Pembaptis sopamo Mesias wamo anyubeye opije dako?”
16 Weramu Yohanes Pembaptis po raura akananto mansai tenambe pare, “Syo wasaugasyo kuvuni mana rai. Yara indati Vatane inta de opamo panakoe irati inakivan, weti Apa waijo nowo ajo kokome raije mamo syo rapaya kakai weye risyamo imamaisye ramu. Indati Opamo po wasaugasya kuvuni mana rai jewen, yara Po Anawayo Vambunine ratutir maje wasai muno taname ntavon.[b] 17 Opamo aurata irati vatano po bayaije raijar no anem, po veano gandume rarayan bintabo. Po ama ine ranugan siso tuna no apa yavare rai, yara po ama kea ramero tanamo nen tutire rai.”
18 Maisyare omaisy, Yohanes Pembaptis po Ayao Kovo Amisye raura muno po ananyao kotare raura vatane mai. 19 Umba Yohanes po Herodes, opamo be akarive no munijo Galilea, apa ayao kakaije raura kakavimbe nanto ai, weye Herodes po apa arakovo Pilipus apa anamu Herodias raovan to muno apa ayao kakai kaijinta manui. 20 Umba po ayao kakaije so raijanande tavon: omamo po Yohanes ausiso makova no tanoano makova rai. Maisyare omai ti, Herodes no tawan no apa ayao kakaije umawe rai ti miridije nseo tutir.
21 Arono Yohanes Pembaptis po vatano wanuije maugasyo kuvuni mana rai, umba Yesus de, Yohanes po augasyo kuvuni tavon. Yesus be sambayambe, umba naume nsaneka 22 ti Anawayo Vambunine maje Ai maisyare insanijo punamoe. Naije danito Po Amisye anamote ranaun, ngkinde no no munijo ntiti mare, “Winyamo Sya Arikainyo inanuga no Nai. Inanayanambe Nai rave.”[c]
23 Arono Yesus po apa anakere raijar, weamo Apa tume nanto no tenamara eane abusyin. Vatane wo ratantona ware Opamo Yusup apa kavo pije.
- a Yesaya 40:3-5
- b Ayao taname so ama tunato raije mbare ramu. Vatane inta ware wansaugasya taname rai omamo indamu mo wansanuga ratayao da ngkakavimbe (1 Petrus 1:7; Markus 9:49). Yara inta ware taname so raugaje vatano wanave jewene obo mansai (anemo 9 so rai muno Muni Akari 20:15).
- c Mazmur 2:7; Yesaya 42:1